James Barr

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James Barr was a prominent Scottish biblical scholar and theologian known for his influential critiques of conservative biblical interpretation and biblical linguistics.

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instanceOf academic
biblical scholar
theologian
areaOfExpertise Hebrew language
Old Testament studies
Semitic philology NERFINISHED
awardReceived Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies NERFINISHED
citizenship United Kingdom
countryOfBirth Scotland
critiqued biblical fundamentalism
conservative evangelical hermeneutics
illegitimate totality transfer in word studies
dateOfBirth 1924-03-20
dateOfDeath 2006-10-14
educatedAt University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University

University of Edinburgh
employer Princeton Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
University of Manchester NERFINISHED
Vanderbilt University NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork biblical linguistics
biblical studies
theology
hasGender male
influenced critical biblical scholarship
debates on biblical inerrancy
modern biblical linguistics
knownFor analysis of biblical language
critique of biblical fundamentalism
critique of conservative biblical interpretation
work on semantics in biblical texts
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf British Academy NERFINISHED
nationality Scottish
notableWork Biblical Faith and Natural Theology NERFINISHED
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The Bible in the Modern World NERFINISHED
The Semantics of Biblical Language NERFINISHED
occupation professor
placeOfBirth Glasgow NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Claremont, California NERFINISHED
positionHeld Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism

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